Come on guys, whats the most unusual hardware that people run gentoo (or even some other linux distribution) on? Personally im stuck to normal X86 systems for the meantime, but ive got an inkling for more obscure stuff in future.

I used to have an IBM PS/2 mod. 70, 386DX (16MHz?), MCA and of course MFM/RLL discs... But it would run linux just fine...

the best part was the 4MB mem onboard, 4MB MCA Extended memory card, and and 4MB MCA _expanded_ memory card... (the expanded mem card was only seen by the BIOS after POST, the extended card was tested during POST), I never really figured out how that worked...

All in all pretty nifty computer, but you did not want to compile your kernel on it...

The $199 boards? Yeah I'd love one of those. But I'll just have to settle for mips64emul for now._________________Inspiron 4100 & Sun UltraAXe
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I was trying to install linux on an IBM AS/400 (recent versions of OS/400 on some recent machines can do it), but with few results..._________________registered Linux user number #411324sed 's/ke/che/g'

I'd like to get Linux running on a Sun 3/80 that's been sitting around for years. A whopping 16MB of RAM, although if I can get a new PROM burnt (yep, burnt, not flashed), and mod the motherboard it may be possible to use 40MB.

Running on a Sparc Classic X is pretty weird, as its meant to be an X-terminal. A little PROM tweaking makes it believe its a regular Sparc Classic

There's a pensioned off Vax 4000/300 that I'd love to run anything but VMS on, but so far the DSSI disks/controller have proved too much of a challenge for Linux and NetBSD hackers alike. The wife would have a fit if I dragged it home anyway.

yeah, I was going to say, There this vax sitting in the lab at school . . .
what else? an apple ii/gs, though it is an apple ii, its 16 bit and has quite impressive specs. I'm sure people know how apple ii hardware works by now._________________ubi primum potero, me hinc subduco.

The latter makes a very nice file server, as its nice and small to carry around. The server itself can just about fit inside my bag, the disk array however I usually have to lug around -- but it's a lot more portable (and scalable) than some fileservers I've seen._________________Stuart Longland (a.k.a Redhatter, VK4MSL)
I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on a tape somewhere...

Let's see I'm running Linux on a Sharp Zaurus, that's not too impressive considering it comes pre-installed (though I'm running a different version than official). I'd install X11 and Apt-get or portage, but I don't know of many apps that would translate to a small screen and usable with the limited processing ability it has.

Specs:
Intel StrongArm 206MHz (sometimes I overclock)
64MB of RAM (32MB used as RAM drive with the current ROM I'm using; TheKompany)
I'm not sure about how much Flash it has
Compact Flash slot (normally filled with a Wifi card)
Secure Digital slot (normally filled with a 1GB storage card, borrowed from my Pocket PC)
Built-in thumb keyboard

I've also run Linux on my Dreamcast using the CD from: http://www.m17n.org/linux-sh/dreamcast/ Slow and Lacked sound, but it was fun seeing X11 coming up on a TV using a game console. The CVS version of the kernel is supposed to support sound and other devices (such as the VMU flash memory), but no one has got it to compile that I've heard from. The project has been abandoned for some time. The slowness, according to what I read in the mailing-list archives is mostly casued by the fact they had a RAM disk setup so you you could transfer stuff to the Dreamcast using ZModem and a serial cable, and well, the Dreamcast doesn't have very much RAM.

How I had mine setup when I played with it:
Two Dreamcast controllers
An adapter that let me use normal PS/2 keyboards
An adapter that let me use normal PS/2 mice connected to an X10 mouse remote RF receiver (that way I could surf the web from my bed easily), then connected (as the X10 receiver needs a pass-through) to a small touch pad (like you'd have on a laptop)
The hard to find (as it was only sold online, and only two runs in the US) Broadband 100BaseTX ethernet adapter

I have pictures of the above setup if anybody wants it.

Once I get around to modding my X-Box, as it only needs a software hack to work now, I'll probably be running Linux on it. Should make a good Dist-CC box.

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an apple ii/gs, though it is an apple ii, its 16 bit and has quite impressive specs. I'm sure people know how apple ii hardware works by now.

I haven't been able to find a Linux for the Apple IIGS, but there is a UNIX version for it that is being given away free now, if I remember right. I don't have a PowerMac laying around, so it's very hard to transfer stuff over the IIGS from my PC (a Power Mac would be able to bridge Ethernet and Apple Talk, not to mention beign able to write the floppy format directly). I have a few IIGSes (and an IIe) laying around to play with if I ever do figure out a way to get stuff onto them. For now, I just play retro Apple II games on them. I have Mac SE that I might put Linux on someday, but I don't mess with it much.

This has gotten me thinking. I think I should around and see what I do have laying around (forgot about the MacSE until this thread) that I might be able to cram Linux on.

I have a macSE (upgraded to a whole 2mb ram! woot!) that I'd love to throw some kind of *nix on ... but sadly, I've found so little usefull documentation on how to accomplish this reliably (linux on mac68k with the yaboot type stuff is "evil" at best..) that the box is likely to become a casemod target before it becomes a thin-client-esque nix text terminal ....

I've also got a mac LC III, Centris somethingorother (with the useless LC040), Centris somethignorother AV (with a usefull 040, which supposedly runs netbsd .. just with no network), Powermac 7200 (slower than the centrisAV ..), and an iMac 233 (running yellowdog). I dont know what it is, but I have a tendancy to attract donations of old apple hardware even tho I generally am not a fan of apple.... I just cant justify throwing away a working computer lol ...

Now my sparcstation 2s .. THOSE are usefull boxes .. if only the 13 year old nvram wasnt dead ..._________________-Tim Smith

1) I did a "Linux From Scratch on this machine" for a learning curve, a curve of a couple of months.
2) Debian 2.0 didn't wanna run (didn't see te HD)
3) gentoo STAGE1 (That is 1 as in ONE) took me about three weeks !

only booting winXP because im a HUGE gamer, and dont want to bother with dual boot systems (thats why i hve the hp9000/c110)_________________I own 3 HP 9000/C110 boxes, One is working, and 2 are spare parts.

The kernel loads, but it freezes at some point i don't remember. I must try it again someday. Sad is ELKS project stopped development a long time ago

Not exactly loading linux in it but..on msdos I ran a serial console terminal, using a serial cable attached to my linux machine. It's cool to browse the gentoo forums using links2 on a 8086

I also have linux for dreamcast(the debian port), but without broadband adapter/serial cable it's useless. I heard sometime that there was going to be a port of gentoo to dreamcast. What happened to the project?

Well, there is a very old compaq notebook (CPU 80386, 80 Mb HDD, floppy drive, monochrome LCD and so on). I could try to install linux on it (not gentoo, as compiling the kernel would take ages). Maybe I'll turn it into some kind of terminal._________________60s: sex, drugs, rock'n'roll
90s: sux, bugs, drag'n'drop
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Some multimedia keys refuse to work? See my mini-howto:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1896734#1896734

Two AlphaServer 4100:s (identical) - tosmo you seem to be my fellow!
1 EV56 500MHz
1.5GB RAM
Some really weird card with the widest interface i've ever seen (no idea where to connect it to).
Some storageShelfs full to its limit with 4GB 7.2K disks

One AlphaServer 1200
1 EV 56 400MHz
356MB RAM
As many 4BG 7.2K disks as it can fit.